10/30/2015
Happy publication day for Erin Parker and her wonderful collection of stories, The Secret and the Sacred!
http://unknowneverything.com/books/the-secret-and-the-sacred/
Unknown Press is an independent press. The Unknown Show interviews artists doing beautiful work on the edge of the underground and the vast light beyond.
Born and raised at the New Jersey shore on Thanksgiving day 1981, he has worked a variety of manual labor jobs; heavy construction in power plants and refineries, stone mason-- building waterfalls, carpenter, painter, general all around demolition, just like a Bruce Springteen song. Currently he drives his car in and out of New York City everyday, commuting in complete silence, contemplating plot,
Born and raised at the New Jersey shore on Thanksgiving day 1981, he has worked a variety of manual labor jobs; heavy construction in power plants and refineries, stone mason-- building waterfalls, carpenter, painter, general all around demolition, just like a Bruce Springteen song. Currently he drives his car in and out of New York City everyday, commuting in complete silence, contemplating plot,
Happy publication day for Erin Parker and her wonderful collection of stories, The Secret and the Sacred!
http://unknowneverything.com/books/the-secret-and-the-sacred/
The Unknown Show with Bud Smith's cover photo
Last month Unknown Press published William Seward Bonnie's poetry collection, Subtleties. It's a wondrous collection of 100 vignettes as love song for the internet meme age. A Stellar book, available in paperback.
"Subtleties" is the sequel to 2014's "Studies" a continuing numbered poetry series exploring human emotion and interaction minus specifics. It details the struggles, dreams and missfortuntes of a young man in the thrawls of love & wanderlust. Doc Bonnie is also the author of the poetry anthology ...
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Happy Holidays from Bud Smith.
SHOW COMES BACK TOMORROW,
The Unknown Show is an interview series hosted by Bud Smith. The featured guests will range from writers, artists, musicians, etc. with a focus on projects that they are working on or promoting.
the guests on 8/19/2014 will be
7pm est: .......Robert Vaughan
7:25: est ....... Mik Everett
7:45 est .......Brian Allan Ellis
Robert Vaughan leads writing roundtables at Redoak Writing in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His writing has appeared in over 400 print and online journals. His latest book is Addicts and Basements (CCM) He edits at JMWW, and Lost in Thought magazine. His poetry chapbook.
Mik Everett is an American Regionalist novelist born in 1991 in Wichita, Kansas. She studied philosophy and English at Wichita State University, where she also worked as a logic clinician before moving to Boulder, Colorado to open a bookstore. She is the author of Self-Published Kindling: Memoirs of a Homeless Bookstore Owner
Brian Alan Ellis is the author of The Mustache He's Always Wanted but Could Never Grow, 33 Fragments of Sick-Sad Living, and King Sh*t (illustrated by Waylon Thornton). His writing has appeared through such outlets as Skive, The Whistling Fire, Zygote in My Coffee, Monkeybicycle, DOGZPLOT, Conte, Sundog Lit, Crossed Out, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, That Lit Site, Diverse Voices Quarterly, flashquake, Spittoon, HTMLGIANTHe lives in Tallahassee, Florida.
The Unknown Show is an interview series hosted by Bud Smith. The featured guests will range from writers, artists, musicians, ect. with a focus on projects that they are working on or promoting. The goal is to #1, not put you to sleep, and #2 leave you with some personal and often creepy details abo…
Advanced Review Copies of Mik Everette's new release from Unknown Press going out this week. Contact me if you're interested in writing up a review. Thank you.
-bud
a remembrance of Robin Williams by Gabriel Ricardhttp://www.drunkmonkeys.onimpression.com/remembering-robin-williams/
By Gabriel RicardFilmAugust 12, 2014Remembering Robin Williams“Comedy is acting out optimism.”-Robin WilliamsThe abrupt, shocking death of Robin Williams, which appears to be a suicide, is a harsh, cruel reminder of what mental illness is capable of. Robin Williams will be remembered as one of the g…
The TOO MUCH anthology is out.
The TOO MUCH anthology, a collection of stories, poems, essays about that one time that excess reached a pinnacle. I'm very proud of this anthology. Chuck Howe stepped up and did a wonderful job ed...
Coming soon from Unknown Press, Mik Everette's memoir about running a bookstore in Colorado and living in a broken down RV in a Wal-Mart parking lot. "Self Published Kindling", is an excellent book with enough heart and laughter and sorrow for ten other books.
For an Advanced Review Copy, contact:
[email protected]
Show is returning on August 19th.
http://budsmithwrites.com/2014/07/29/the-unknown-show-is-returning/
Happy to say that the interview podcast that I host on Tuesdays at 7pm EST, is coming back on the online radio streaming airwaves on August 19th, and will continue to talk to writers, musicians and...
An interview program hosted by Bud Smith. this weeks guests will include, Robert Vaughan, author of Addicts and Basements; Michael Dickes, publisher of Awkword Papercut, and producer of the Awkword Papercut podcast; Janice Lee, publisher of Entropy, writer, author of DAMNATION, wears a cool leather jacket; and author Cort Bledsoe, Baltimore area badass who takes no prisioners.
An interview program hosted by Bud Smith. this weeks guests will include, Robert Vaughan, author of Addicts and Basements; Michael Dickes, publisher of Awkword Papercut, and producer of the Awkword Papercut podcast; Janet Lee, publisher of Entropy, writer, wears a cool leather jacket; and author Cor...
Tomorrow on the show: excited to come back on the air and talk to three great authors about their kick ass projects.
Alissa Nutting , author of TAMPA, 7pm est
David S. Atkinson, author of BONES BURIED IN THE DIRT 7:25
Aubrey Hirsch WHY WE NEVER TALK ABOUT SUGAR 7:45
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/theliteraryunderground/2014/03/11/the-unknown-show-with-bud-smith-interviews
The Unknown Show is an interview series hosted by Bud Smith. The featured guests will range from writers, artists, musicians, ect. with a focus on projects that they are working on or promoting. The goal is to #1, not put you to sleep, and #2 leave you with some personal and often creepy details abo...
Unknown Press is thrilled to announce the release of William Seward Bonnie's second book of poetry, Studies!
"Studies" is a numbered poetry series exploring human emotion and interaction minus specifics. It details the struggles, dreams and missfortuntes of a young man in the thrawls of love & wanderlust. Doc Bonnie is also the author of the poetry anthology "Galaxy VS. Sabertooth" from Kleft Jaw Press as well as a contributer to the anthology "First Time", also from Unknown Press. To get a sample of the doctors work please visit: http://cheeseburgernebula.tumblr.com/
http://www.amazon.com/Studies-William-Seward-Bonnie/dp/1496070569/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1394307247&sr=1-1
"Studies" is a numbered poetry series exploring human emotion and interaction minus specifics. It details the struggles, dreams and missfortuntes of a young man in the thrawls of love & wanderlust. Doc Bonnie is also the author of the poetry anthology "Galaxy VS. Sabertooth" from Kleft Jaw Press ...
The Unknown Show with Bud Smith (Interviews)
The Unknown Show is an interview series hosted by Bud Smith. The featured guests will range from writers, artists, musicians, ect. with a focus on projects that they are working on or promoting. The goal is to #1, not put you to sleep, and #2 leave you with some personal and often creepy details abo...
March 11th:
7pm EST Alissa Nutting, author of Tampa and Unclean Job for Women and Girls
7:25 EST David Atkinson, author of Bones Buried in the Dirt
7:45 EST Nathan Leslie, author of The Tall Tale of Tommy Twice
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/theliteraryunderground/2014/03/11/the-unknown-show-with-bud-smith-interviews
The Unknown Show is an interview series hosted by Bud Smith. The featured guests will range from writers, artists, musicians, ect. with a focus on projects that they are working on or promoting. The goal is to #1, not put you to sleep, and #2 leave you with some personal and often creepy details abo...
Tomrrow night on the Unknown Show
Gessy Alvarez 7pm EST
Kevin Ridgeway 7:25 EST
Mike Grover 7:45 EST
It'll be a good time talking to Gessy Alvarez, flash fiction whiz-kid and leader of Digging through the Fat; Kevin Ridgeway, poet and author of the ElectricWindmill Press book All the Rage; and Mike Grover, an electrician from Oregon, who I think is cooler than all of you.
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/theliteraryunderground/2014/02/12/the-unknown-show-w-bud-smith
The Unknown Show is an interview series hosted by Bud Smith. The featured guests will range from writers, artists, musicians, ect. with a focus on projects that they are working on or promoting. The goal is to #1, not put you to sleep, and #2 leave you with some personal and often creepy details abo...
James Claffey's book of tight knit flash fiction, Blood A Cold Blue.
An excerpt of Misti Rainwater's novel "Bullsh*t Rodeo" running at Wordriot.
Bullsh*t Rodeo is a nonlinear narrative written from the perspective of a woman stuck at the poverty level in rural Texas who is struggling with depression, anxiety, a sexless marriage, motherhood and unrequited love. It is a bitter love letter to Texas and a starry eyed love letter to California an...
Tyler Malone was on the show tonight and read these two poems. "Red Parade" and "Swirl, Mad"
Check them out!
Red Parade The sun doesn’t rise on the Son’s risen day. It’s unrolled, as low as a hobo’s sidewalk head, as coffee creatures queue for to-go carriers to survive salvation. Enjoy day-to-day...
Writer's Digest does a nice feature on Unknown Press, this radio show and my own novels and short story collections. Happy to share some info about making DIY anthologies with Writer's Digest. Here's the link. Thanks for the support, all y'all!
Under the Unknown Press moniker, Bud recently published First Time , an anthology of poetry and prose concerning the funny, crazy, romantic, and painful experiences of losing one?s virginity, as told by a wide variety of authors.
Tomrrow on the show!
1. James Claffey: 7pm EST
2. Misti Rainwater-Lites 7:20 EST
3. Tyler Malone 7:40 EST
*thereabouts
they will be talking about all their various projects and goodness.
I will be drunk.
The Unknown Show is an interview series hosted by Bud Smith. The featured guests will range from writers, artists, musicians, ect. with a focus on projects that they are working on or promoting. The goal is to #1, not put you to sleep, and #2 leave you with some personal and often creepy details abo...
I have Tollbooth paperbacks on hand again from the publisher, Piscataway House, just 8 copies here. Selling them through Paypal and mailing out with some zines. Info in the link below. Thanks!
*have 2 review copies too, if you'd like to write it up**
Just got a new shipment of my novel Tollbooth from the publisher, Piscataway House. Happy to have some copies back on hand! I've been signing them and mailing them out of my apartment with some cop...
Len Kuntz and Aurora KillPoet, gonna be fun. 7pm EST. Mañana.
The Unknown Show is an interview series hosted by Bud Smith. The featured guests will range from writers, artists, musicians, ect. with a focus on projects that they are working on or promoting. The goal is to #1, not put you to sleep, and #2 leave you with some personal and often creepy details abo...
Tomorrow night on the Unknown Show, Aurora Killpoet, author SugarTank; and Len Kuntz, flash fiction badass and author of the forthcoming "The Dark Sunshine"
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/theliteraryunderground/2014/01/29/the-unknown-show-w-bud-smith
The Unknown Show is an interview series hosted by Bud Smith. The featured guests will range from writers, artists, musicians, ect. with a focus on projects that they are working on or promoting. The goal is to #1, not put you to sleep, and #2 leave you with some personal and often creepy details abo...
Keith Baird/Andrew "Ink" have a duel poetry book out now from Piscataway House.
Buy Death Loves a Drinking Game / Before I Die I Want to Swim With Sharks by Keith Baird (Paperback) online at Lulu. Visit the Lulu Marketplace for product details, ratings, and reviews.
Tonight at 7pm EST, I'll talk to Keith Baird, and Mastilo von Plume about their joint book release Death Loves a Drinking Game/Before I Die I want to Swim With Sharks; and later in the show Chuck Howe will read from IF I HAD WINGS THESE WINDMILLS WOULD BE DEAD
An interview show focused on writers, artists and muscians. Today's guests on the show ill be Keith Baird and Andrew "Ink" Feindt, authors of the joing Piscataway House poetry book, Death Loves a Drinking Game (Feindt)/Before I die I want to Swim with Sharks (Baird). Later in the show, Chuck Howe wi...
Killer essays, from Mr. Duke ...
In this bare-knuckled, frankly autobiographical collection, D.R. Haney shares a series of personal essays on his life, struggles, and artistic evolution; from punk rock malcontent in 1980s New York, to B-movie actor in the films of Roger Corman; to screenwriter on Friday the 13th: Part VII; to ex...
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Pass it on! A. RAZOR and DUKE HANEY! Live on the dang radio thing ...
This week's guests are: A RAZOR of Punk Hostage Press, and multiple poetry collections including the excellnet BETTER THAN A GUN AT A KNIFE FIGHT; and DUKE HANEY, author of BANNED FOR LIFE, screenwriter, actor, director. This will be a great interview, covering both particant's wild projects and odd...
TOMORROW NIGHT'S SHOW, at 7pm EST: A. Razor of Punk Hostage Press, followed by DUKE HANEY, author of BANNED FOR LIFE
This week's guests are: A RAZOR of Punk Hostage Press, and multiple poetry collections including the excellnet BETTER THAN A GUN AT A KNIFE FIGHT; and DUKE HANEY, author of BANNED FOR LIFE, screenwriter, actor, director. This will be a great interview, covering both particant's wild projects and odd...
Tomorrow night, A RAZOR will come on the show and talk about Punk Hostage Press and his own work, including the exceptional: BETTER THAN A GUN IN A KNIFE FIGHT
Tomorrow night Duke Haney will come on the show and talk about his book BANNED FOR LIFE, among other things.
A Book excerpt from Chuck Howe's IF I HAD WINGS THESE WINDMILLS WOULD BE DEAD, out from Unknown Press. This story, The Burning of Nag Champa is a great example of the kind of stories Chuck tells so well. Check it out.
Chuck Howe's latest book, If I Had Wings, These Windmills Would Be Dead, has been released from Unknown Press. It's an insightful biography composed of short, interlocking chapters. Here we present...
REQUIRED READING IF YOU WANNA BE A BAD MOTHERF**KER,
HOMEGIRL! by Ryder Collins
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Fiction. Homegirl works in a café and doesn't know what she wants. Homegirl does live-living things like dating Punkboy and Richboy but doesn't know who she wants. A creepy creeper named Shadow knows he wants Homegirl. A Craig's List witch knows she wants Richboy. And the café bitches a...
Tomorrow night's show (Thursday 1/16, 7pm EST) will feature interviews with Rae Bryant, author and publisher of Dr. Eckleburg Review; Micheal Maxwell, writer, artist, editor at Jmww; Ryder Collins, author of Homegirl, a fantastic novel, that you should be reading right now.
Tune in and see what they are up to.
Psssst ... pass it on.
The Unknown Show is an interview series hosted by Bud Smith. On this week's show, Thursday 1/16, guests include: Rae Bryant, author and publisher of Dr. Eckleburg Review; Micheal Maxwell, writer, artist, editor at Jmww; Ryder Collins, author of Homegirl.
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